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Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=320820#Comment_3208202012-01-08T10:40:42-06:002012-01-09T20:49:22-06:00CK Burchhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1573
Warren did this thread a while ago, and I thought I'd revive it myself. There's quite a few readers here on Whitechapel, but I'm among that there is a strong contingent of writers as well. Do you ...
a while ago, and I thought I'd revive it myself. There's quite a few readers here on Whitechapel, but I'm among that there is a strong contingent of writers as well. Do you have books out? Can they be purchased? Tell us about yourself, your work, and where to get it.

I, myself, am an author, so I'll shamelessly start with my own work.

My first novel is titled The Icarus Void, and the short description is thus:

The crew of the Icarus is used to high-stress situations: their ship is designed to dive into the heart of a star to collect scientific data for research. But when they discover an alien artifact hovering in low orbit of the Sun, the attempt to retrieve it pushes them to the breaking point.

Captain Gordon Markov is more than happy to oversee his final mission on board Icarus. And Doctor Stephen Straub is more than happy to be a part of the prestigious research team assigned to the ship. Testing out the Icarus's new heatshielding is the plan, but the artifact in orbit of the Sun leads Doctor Catherine Tybalt, head of the research team, to press the captain to retrieve the object for further analysis. The interior of the artifact is hollow -- a void -- and should be incinerated, but it's perfectly intact. If they can discover what makes the object naturally resilient to the radiation of the Sun, perhaps it can be used for future development in stardiving. With a risky plan in place, Captain Markov reluctantly agrees. However, the artifact emits a strange radiation that affects not just the operational systems of the ship, but also the crew itself. Once the artifact is on board, research begins, and the scientists discover the terrifying secret of the void...but when they do, the fate of the ship may have already been sealed.

It can be found at Amazon, Smashwords, and Lulu, $2.99 for the ebook or $8.99 for the print version.

I really feel like it's a great time to be a writer. While independent publishing doesn't create the biggest or brightest of spotlights, word-of-mouth is insanely powerful, and when internet readers find something they love, they're a core, loyal set of fandom. It's not easy to self-promote and get an immediate foothold with sales, but it can be done, and I think that when the community of writers/readers comes together to discover new work and not just shill themselves for dollars, we can all benefit from the rewards of such.

So sound off, novelists, show us your bits as Warren once said, and let's discover some great new work right here.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=320831#Comment_3208312012-01-08T12:57:23-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Horrible Warning Sihttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1223
Yo.
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=320840#Comment_3208402012-01-08T14:16:42-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00CK Burchhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1573
Si, have you written any books, short stories, etc? If so, got anything out there for purchase; if not, what are you plans? Looking at self-publishing, traditional publishing?
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=321001#Comment_3210012012-01-09T20:49:55-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00CK Burchhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1573
Bump! Edited the title to say WRITERS instead of NOVELISTS.
Let's get all the writers here on Whitechapel over here. Where are ya, lads?
Let's get all the writers here on Whitechapel over here. Where are ya, lads?]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=321005#Comment_3210052012-01-09T22:35:27-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00RenThinghttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155
I guess I'll take a stab. Here's my modest list writing accomplishments to date (those I've been paid for anyway):
1. "Reflections", The Edge of Propinquity, ...
1. "Reflections", The Edge of Propinquity, http://www.edgeofpropinquity.net/, 2007

4. "Toll Booth", Space Tramps: Full-Throttle Space Tales #5", Flying Pen Press, 2011]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=321010#Comment_3210102012-01-10T01:44:29-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Fauxhammerhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=27
Oi. Most of my shit lives on Weaponizer, and I've got a short story anthology with a buddy coming out in a few weeks.
Weaponizer, and I've got a short story anthology with a buddy coming out in a few weeks.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=321014#Comment_3210142012-01-10T03:44:56-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00sellmeyoursoulhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=9518
I'm not sure if I'm quite accomplished enough to play, but to hell with that! I've spent several years writing screenplays. The one I got hired to write will never get made if there is any kind of ...
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=321019#Comment_3210192012-01-10T07:31:12-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Wellandhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5679
Struggling word assembler right here.
I currently have an online book going called 4th, the site is www.4thnovel.com I’m sure I’ve mentioned it here on the WC before.
Right now chapter one ...
I currently have an online book going called 4th, the site is www.4thnovel.com I’m sure I’ve mentioned it here on the WC before.

Right now chapter one is available while I flesh out the rest of the book, hopefully we will be back come June/july.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=321020#Comment_3210202012-01-10T08:05:27-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Lawrence Riderhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10647
I am haunted by comics that I wrote for Yaoi Press when in need of money a few years back. They won't go away and have now popped up on Amazon in digital form.
I have a comic called Longship ...
I have a comic called Longship coming out from TImebomb Comics sometime in he next year or so. Hopefully I'll be able to post a preview in the next month or so.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=321053#Comment_3210532012-01-10T13:56:49-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00DistractDeludehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8765
I tend to write horror, sci-fi and fantasy short stories. The genre and nature of the story usually depends on my mood and I tend to like to get all my main ideas down in one go to give myself the ...
Other than a couple of stories commissioned by friends as birthday presents I haven't had anything published to -The Public- due to my continued confusion over what distribution channel would best suit me and my own personal ignorance as to how to approach/where to look for outlets in the first place. Basically, I am my own obstacle. The continued search for a regular paying job also consumes most of my time at the moment due to having a family to feed. Still, if anyone has suggestions on good places to start sending shorts too for a bit of exposure/feedback and portfolio love, please feel free to shove me in the right direction as I'm determined to make my writing a main focus for 2012, what with the world ending and everything.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=321062#Comment_3210622012-01-10T14:44:12-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00allanahttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4019
I'm just getting back into writing music criticism -- have my first interview in ages tomorrow morning, in fact. A friend and I are planning a books-and-music-crit website, which you'll all be ...
In the meantime, there's Differencing The Engine, which oddbill and I wrote a while back. There's also an archive of music reviews and some other stuff.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=321089#Comment_3210892012-01-10T18:02:42-06:002012-01-10T18:05:43-06:00texturehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1472
I write stuff. Last ten years have been (mostly) SF short stories, published free on the web, and slam poetry. I also publish other people's stuff online: I edit Weaponizer. We're soon to publish our ...
I write stuff. Last ten years have been (mostly) SF short stories, published free on the web, and slam poetry. I also publish other people's stuff online: I edit Weaponizer. We're soon to publish our second magazine. I also engage in random acts of music journalism for The Skinny and Shallow Rave. Once, I even got to interview Alan Moore.

Working on my first novel (third attempt at one) just now. No plans to tuck a shotgun under my chin in frustration... yet. This Last year I sold my first story, to a small press in the US. The anthology, a collection of positive post-apocalypse stories, can be purchased here.

I'm consistently blown away by the quality of writing by my Whitechapel contemporaries. Have the honour of web-publishing folk like Fauxhammer, City Creed, Cat Vincent and K. Patrick Glover, among many (many) others.... you guys have taught me so much. I basically owe any success I have as a writer to this forum. You inspiring, deranged, beautiful bastards.

Also: Si's novels rock my fucking world. 'Contract' ... is just so... holy fuck!]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=321141#Comment_3211412012-01-11T06:44:29-06:002012-01-11T06:47:02-06:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
I write everything from press releases on pottery groups to reviews on custom bike shows to stories about chess playing bears.
I've been doing magazine work (Freelancing for BSH Custom Bike ...
I've been doing magazine work (Freelancing for BSH Custom Bike magazine, reviewing for Fortean Times) for a couple of years now. Started submitted my fiction just over a year ago. Since then I've had a fair few stories published by good folks like texture at Weaponizer, Rachel Kendall at Sein und Werden (Which is well worth checking out), Beautiful Scruffiness and Cafe Irreal. I've also won a couple of prizes, and have a story in the anthology put together by Steevo.

I tend to write stories that are mainly unsettling, whether crime, magical or mythic fiction. I'm working on a series of stories I hope to get published in a chapbook, based around hauntology and bedsits. One of the stories is hereGlockenspiel GirlGlockenspiel Girl 2The next one story will be published by Sein und Werden at the end of the month]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=321162#Comment_3211622012-01-11T08:51:26-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00texturehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1472
"based around hauntology and bedsits"
Oh hell yes!
Oh hell yes!]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=321166#Comment_3211662012-01-11T08:59:23-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
I've got four of the stories written now (I want to do four in total) and I've just sounded out a small press to see if they would be interested. I'll let you know how it goes...
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=321171#Comment_3211712012-01-11T09:15:16-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00CK Burchhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1573
Cthulhurotica is probably one of the best words I've ever heard ever.
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=321172#Comment_3211722012-01-11T09:29:39-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Beamishhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8236
I write comics that nobody ever draws. I was also a small part of Out of Place, Out of Time.
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=321198#Comment_3211982012-01-11T15:05:36-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
If I can spam this thread for a sec. I've been asked to read as part of a session in this year's York Literature Festival and the details are now available:
Pub Shorts
Join Helen Cadbury and ...
Pub ShortsJoin Helen Cadbury and friends for some grippingnew short stories from Yorkshire writers, and apanel discussion about the future of the e-bookversus print in short story publishing. Writersinclude:A.J. Ashworth, whose debut short story collection,Somewhere Else, or Even Here, won The Scott Prizeand was published by Salt in November 2011.Tony Dew, subsidiary prize winner of the 2010Bridport Short Story Competition, whose memoirRock Ahead - The Autobiography of a RockingHorse Maker is published on Kindle.Steve Toase, whose quick-fire flash fiction gracesseveral online publications.James Wall - a Bridport shortlisted short storywriter from Harrogate.Hosted by Helen Cadbury, winner of the MaltonLiterature Festival Short Story Prize, whose storieshave been broadcast on BBC Radio Four andpublished by Ether Books for iphone and ipad.Venue: Wolfe Room, Black Swan Pub,Peasholme Green£4.00 from York Theatre RoyalBox Office 01904 623568]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=321201#Comment_3212012012-01-11T16:18:24-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00RenThinghttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155
@CK Burch
And a good, classy anthology too. A second one is going to be coming out later this year.
And a good, classy anthology too. A second one is going to be coming out later this year.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=321211#Comment_3212112012-01-11T19:15:14-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00space scoundrelhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8945
I've been away from Whitechapel for a while, so this is actually an opportune spot to make my reappearance.
I've written various speculative short stories. Some of them I'm shopping around, others ...
I've written various speculative short stories. Some of them I'm shopping around, others need some more polishing.

My first published work is a middle grade adventure novel I'm writing under the name M.E. Castle, called Popular Clone. It's set for release on January 24th in the states, available now for preorder on amazon. There's also a website for the book series(there will be more), www.theclonechronicles.com.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=321217#Comment_3212172012-01-11T20:35:22-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00chrisanthropichttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6373
I'm not a writer but I take every opportunity possible to pimp my wife's book. She writes character driven fantasy stories and her first novel Thieves at Heart has started to get some very positive ...
Thieves at Heart has started to get some very positive attention. The second in the series will be out in another 2-3 months, she's just finishing up the final edits now. The whole story started as a character bio for an RPG campaign I was running. 3 years later she had thousands of pages of manuscript and she's now working with a professional editor to tidy the whole thing up and release about 4-5 books in the series.

I'm honestly a little surprised at the apparent lack of writers around these parts...]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=321293#Comment_3212932012-01-12T14:33:25-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Ashflexhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7337
I mostly write short horror stories under the name Neal Turner. I've had a few stories posted on Weaponizer here and you can find some older stories on MicroHorror here.
I'm currently writing a new ...
here and you can find some older stories on MicroHorror here.I'm currently writing a new series of short stories, and I'm slowly working on my first novel, which may get finished one day.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=321355#Comment_3213552012-01-13T13:01:06-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00government spyhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6088
I aspire to be a writer, but so far everything's just a work in progress.
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=321374#Comment_3213742012-01-13T16:47:54-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00chrisanthropichttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6373
governmnet spy - I'm sure if you just put together a collection of your posts here you'd have a nice collection of short stories.
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=321414#Comment_3214142012-01-14T03:10:19-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00DistractDeludehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8765
@government spy - I agree with Chris on this one, your 'Storytime with...' posts are a must-read in my house. Besides, you are now obligated to become a famous writer as that line belongs in one of ...
Storytime with...' posts are a must-read in my house. Besides, you are now obligated to become a famous writer as that line belongs in one of those collected quote books:

I aspire to be a writer, but so far everything's just a work in progress.

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Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=321415#Comment_3214152012-01-14T03:21:48-06:002012-01-16T22:04:02-06:00Vornaskottihttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6665
I've been a professional journalist for the last ten years or so, mostly technology, science, general journalism and some adult entertainment.
I'm currently working on the second draft of the ...
I'm currently working on the second draft of the first novel of my adult age. It did quite well in a local major scifi/fantasy novel competition arranged by a publishing house last summer, but not enough to be in the published top-2. I've written 1,5 novels when I was younger, but they'd require quite a lot of work to be publishable. My aim is to get the draft fit for a publisher rejection slip tour later this year. The story combines low key scifi with magical realism and surrealism.

I'm also working on several interactive fiction projects (read: text adventures), that straddle the divide between game coding and creative writing.

Also, I'll have to say that the magnificent matriphiles of Whitechapel are responsible for rebooting my writing ambitions, this place is the best thing that's happened to my creative antics during my adult age.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=321439#Comment_3214392012-01-14T10:16:54-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00government spyhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6088
@chrisanthropic & mhengla
Thanks guys, that means a lot. The positive feedback from Whitechapel is one of the main reasons I've kept writing. So much of what I write has been personal, ...
Thanks guys, that means a lot. The positive feedback from Whitechapel is one of the main reasons I've kept writing. So much of what I write has been personal, (mostly stories people around me have heard a dozen times or more) and it's been hard to get legitimate feedback from those close by. I'm still writing, though I had slowed down a bit due to traumatic events, I'm back at it, today coincidentally, so thanks for the boot in the pants. I still don't know what I'm doing, but like Alanon, I just keep coming back.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=321451#Comment_3214512012-01-14T12:57:15-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Ben Gwalchmaihttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3030
Hullo.
Been a while since I dropped by these parts also as I've been moved out of the reach of high-speed broadband and into the country where I crack open a bottle of red wine everytime a 700meg ...
Been a while since I dropped by these parts also as I've been moved out of the reach of high-speed broadband and into the country where I crack open a bottle of red wine everytime a 700meg download is done within 2 hours. The reason for the move is because I'm writing for Welsh National Opera's 9 Stories High project - yup, I'm currently writing opera libretti - and I grew up near the area where the project is so here I am back in the countryside.

I doubt I am the only one but I think I'm the first to write in this discussion that I'm foremost a playwright.

Saying that, I'd love to write comics and had my first idea for a good, original one just last week. All my other drafted comic books have either been terrible or the dream, i.e. writing for Hellblazer.

As it's a new idea, instead of writing that, this year I've started on the novel I've been thinking about & researching for the past 6 months.

When the videos are online for the Welsh National Opera thing, they should be fun so if anyone wants them posted on here, say so. If not, they'll be on my site where you can find what else I've published/produced/edited/made.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=321571#Comment_3215712012-01-15T14:43:46-06:002012-03-31T14:15:27-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
Just had a new story published at Sein und Werden. 'Abraded Butterflies' is the third in my series of 'bedsit' stories and features Harrogate, my home town, Pierrots and Alixandria of Hesse (The ...
Abraded Butterflies]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=321574#Comment_3215742012-01-15T14:55:57-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Brendan McGinleyhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=93
I run all my webcomics off my site but just got digital distribution with a company I'm not sure I can name yet. I also write Hannibal Goes to Rome over at Shadowline, and I wrote The Man's Book of ...
my site but just got digital distribution with a company I'm not sure I can name yet. I also write Hannibal Goes to Rome over at Shadowline, and I wrote The Man's Book of the BBQ, published in the UK last spring and the US the following September.

These days I'm editing and writing a men's interest site (about to undertake revisions or I'd link you there) while doing some print work for Maxim and a column over at Cracked.

I'm pretty happy. I'm a working writer. Life is good.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=321645#Comment_3216452012-01-16T06:02:48-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Gordonhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10275
I've written a few short films that've been professionally produced and currently working on my feature-film debut.
Comics-wise I've a few shorts for anthologies coming out this year and my first ...
Comics-wise I've a few shorts for anthologies coming out this year and my first professionaly-done comic goes to print soon. Will be pimping these like a bastard when it's time!]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=321786#Comment_3217862012-01-17T15:35:03-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Lukehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=193
I concur with my colleague Brendan: writing is good, especially with a column at Cracked. I also write for three beer magazines (as in real "on dead trees and everything"), and a clutch of ...
column at Cracked. I also write for three beer magazines (as in real "on dead trees and everything"), and a clutch of other comedy and technology sites. You can a lot of it linked up on my website.

Also have an e-book in progress, and the mandatory working-on-stories-in-the-background.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=321788#Comment_3217882012-01-17T15:41:57-06:002012-01-17T15:43:17-06:00StefanJhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=961
I'm . . . eclectic. I've written a review for Wired, articles and reviews for Whole Earth magazine (RIP), software manuals long forgotten, some stuff for hobby magazines and websites, but mostly lots ...
Here is a free one, an adventure for a superhero RPG:http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=87502

A whole page of stuff I've written for Steve Jackson Games. (The second item on that page is another freebie.)]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=321839#Comment_3218392012-01-18T03:04:12-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Morachttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10266
I write on occasion, though it's more of a hobby than something I want to pursue as a career. I have a story in Out of Place, Out of Time, and not much else, really.
Out of Place, Out of Time, and not much else, really.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=321872#Comment_3218722012-01-18T09:51:50-06:002012-01-18T09:56:37-06:00JEColehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7834
Boo!
My name is J.E.Cole. My first novel, Frostfeld-The End of The World As You Know It: Book 1 will be in your hands, on your kindle/koob/e-reader by the years end. It will be self published. ...
My name is J.E.Cole. My first novel, Frostfeld-The End of The World As You Know It: Book 1 will be in your hands, on your kindle/koob/e-reader by the years end. It will be self published. And don't care how many throats I have to slit or how many sacrifices I have to make in order to get it done. I.WILL.GET.IT.DONE.

Thank you :)]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=321882#Comment_3218822012-01-18T12:58:57-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Brian Schirmerhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7243
I have a graphic novel - White Tower - due from Committed Comics that will ideally see the light of day later this year. It's part of the now ubiquitous ...
White Tower - due from Committed Comics that will ideally see the light of day later this year. It's part of the now ubiquitous team-of-mismatched-occultists-with-near-future-gizmos/abilities-battling-Lovecrafian-nasties books.

Latest project is called Ultrasylvania - alt 19th century Europe with truly monstrous heads of state - and will see me working with about ten different artists. Look for a digital or web release in summer with a TPB in the fall. I plan to share more on this in the months ahead.

I've also authored a comic anthology - Worlds Apart - that's sold quite well at Wondercon, SDCC, and APE.

I've been writing in one medium or another for many years. Prior to entering comics, I made a couple no-budget digital features - that, at this point, I pray no one else ever sees. One turned up on IMDB.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=323534#Comment_3235342012-02-07T02:55:38-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Gordonhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10275
I've just finished the script for a real-time, psychological horror in the Lovecraftian mould. It's called 'Dying Light' and we've just launched an Indiegogo page to try and get it made.
So ...
Indiegogo page to try and get it made.

So (*cough* shameless plug*) if you can, and you like the sound of it, please consider donating. Everyone who donates gets something in return, from the likes of signed DVDs and tickets to the premiere to their own private screening and even being featured in the film. If you can help us, please do.

WEBSITE]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=323570#Comment_3235702012-02-07T11:08:44-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00emonsterhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8075
I can't remember if I wrote on Warren's older thread or not.
I wrote a biography on Bruiser Brody. He was an outlaw professional wrestler. He was murdered in 1988. HERE is the little website I set ...
I wrote a biography on Bruiser Brody. He was an outlaw professional wrestler. He was murdered in 1988. HERE is the little website I set up for the book. The publisher's site is HERE.

I wrote and drew a ton of mini comics in the 90's.

Currently, I write for Lioncorn. Not sure if blogs count.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=323621#Comment_3236212012-02-07T20:26:15-06:002012-02-07T20:27:30-06:00SteadyUPhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5302
I'm one of those folks who thinks about writing far more than they can actually manage to get any done.
That said, I write a blog about US politics called Why I Enjoy Paying Taxes that's been ...
That said, I write a blog about US politics called Why I Enjoy Paying Taxes that's been going strong five days a week since last August, and I have plans for a children's book about the Republican Party.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=323629#Comment_3236292012-02-07T23:17:00-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00RenThinghttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155
...children's book about the Republican Party?
Is it going to be titled "One Nut, Two Nuts, Young Nuts, Old Nuts"?
Is it going to be titled "One Nut, Two Nuts, Young Nuts, Old Nuts"?]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=323639#Comment_3236392012-02-08T03:26:53-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Nicolas Papahttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1861
I think you're kind of right, that it's a good time to be a home-cooking writer, but people going through traditional publishing might not agree.
I'm in a slump at the moment - the end of last ...
kind of right, that it's a good time to be a home-cooking writer, but people going through traditional publishing might not agree.

I'm in a slump at the moment - the end of last year got pretty hairy irl, and I think my productivity has taken a hit - but there's a couple of comics written by me with homes - one in Stacey Whittle's imminent "Into The Woods", and another placed with Orangutan's FLT anthology.

One of the reasons I'm in a slump is I'm attempting to pull together a collection (or two) out of my work at Elephant Words - those are all here. It turns out I'm a bit too OCD to pick through the 150+ pieces, but I'm getting there.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=323643#Comment_3236432012-02-08T04:31:22-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00SteadyUPhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5302
@Ren - something like that.
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=325668#Comment_3256682012-02-29T12:15:48-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Gordonhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10275
I've did it. I've published the first issue of my debut comic No More Heroes. Hopefully it'll be received well and picked up by a publisher. Maybe it'll die on its arse. Only one way to find ...
Here's the teaser for it:

If you go to its official website you'll find the first ten pages available to read for FREE. So please check it out and, if you like, pick up the whole issue. More importantly, if you could please tell any comics reading friends you have who might like it to check it out I would really appreciate it. I sold my collection of Playstation games to pay the art team - please don't let that painful sacrifice be for nothing. :)]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=325699#Comment_3256992012-02-29T17:28:51-06:002012-02-29T17:37:08-06:00Will Couperhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=190
I've got a few bits in Weaponizer and I've got a short in the Weaponizer mag too.
Currently trying to tout a novel to agents.
Writing another novel too. A big dark fantasy number.
Will
Currently trying to tout a novel to agents.

Writing another novel too. A big dark fantasy number.

Will]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=325802#Comment_3258022012-03-02T11:07:00-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Brian Schirmerhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7243
Congrats, @Gordon. Looks like Bleeing Cool is showing No More Heroes some love.
Bleeing Cool is showing No More Heroes some love.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=325806#Comment_3258062012-03-02T11:48:12-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Gordonhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10275
Thanks! I had a big smile on my face when I saw the article. :)
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=325852#Comment_3258522012-03-03T03:39:34-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
I don't tend to make New Year's resolutions, but to focus my publications I made a list of five places I wanted to get work into before the end of the year. Last week I had my short story, Spark, ...
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=325925#Comment_3259252012-03-04T11:31:07-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
I'm also flash fiction editor for indigo Rising UK magazine and have finally caught up on submissions, as well as getting some of my own writing shifted on.
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=325927#Comment_3259272012-03-04T12:28:59-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00texturehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1472
Indigo Rising.... added to 'submit' list!
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=325932#Comment_3259322012-03-04T12:54:34-06:002012-03-04T12:56:27-06:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
Nice one ;)
There are two, connected magazines; the UK one and our older brother, Indigo Rising, in the US.
This is our site
http://indigorisinguk.com/
There are two, connected magazines; the UK one and our older brother, Indigo Rising, in the US.This is our site

http://indigorisinguk.com/]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=325993#Comment_3259932012-03-05T07:01:06-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00DistractDeludehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8765
Having just seen this last night I've slammed out a quick flash fiction piece and fired it off in your direction. Also just discovered a new writer I like, Mandy Taggart, after reading her story, ...
Obsidian in the first issue of the UK edition, so thanks for that. I'm currently hunting down her various shorts and marvelling at the fact she doesn't have a website of her own.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=325995#Comment_3259952012-03-05T07:24:40-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
It's a stunning piece. And quite rightly got short listed for the Micro Award. She's only been submitting work for a few months but she has a real talent.
I've got to say I sort of fell into ...
I've got to say I sort of fell into editing for Indigo Rising, but it's given me a real insight into what works and what doesn't.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=326020#Comment_3260202012-03-05T13:34:19-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Ben Gwalchmaihttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3030
For anyone interested in making a very short play for a play:
http://100wordplays.com/
http://100wordplays.com/]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=326048#Comment_3260482012-03-06T02:30:32-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
@DistractDelude Mandy has a new story in Newmyths
]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=326060#Comment_3260602012-03-06T05:54:01-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00DistractDeludehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8765
@Steve Toase - Thanks for the heads up, I'll go and take a look.
@ Ben Gwalchmai - Thanks for this, I'd completely forgotten this was happening and would have missed out if it wasn't for your ...
@ Ben Gwalchmai - Thanks for this, I'd completely forgotten this was happening and would have missed out if it wasn't for your reminder. I've just submitted two pieces with comedic twists, which is rather unusual for me.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=326381#Comment_3263812012-03-10T03:00:46-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
Had a breakthrough this morning. Got some inspiration for my fifth bedsit story.
Also completed the first draft edit on my current short story. It's the first time I've printed out and pencil ...
Also completed the first draft edit on my current short story. It's the first time I've printed out and pencil edited, but it has helped a lot, giving me a bit of clarity and overview I don't always get when I read off the screen. A very successful morning!]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=326505#Comment_3265052012-03-11T18:48:49-05:002012-03-11T18:54:01-05:00Wintermanhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1722
Well, I've got a couple of things that might be relevant here. They're ebooks only for now.
1) BETTER ANGELS, a crime novel set in a fictional US city, being given away, gratis, as part of an ...
1) BETTER ANGELS, a crime novel set in a fictional US city, being given away, gratis, as part of an Amazon promo. Said promo to end tomorrow (monday) AM.

It's the first of four novels set in the fictional city of Gray Harbor. As people often enjoy free things, I felt it was okay to mention.

2) ASHCANS - this is sort of the DVD extras to the graphic trade paperback my partner and I put out last month. It's part bio, part how-to, part awesome sequential art. Not free, but by no means expensive.

There's lots more but, if these don't suit you, there's no point bothering with the rest.

Cheers. Thanks.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=326538#Comment_3265382012-03-12T08:32:06-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00RenThinghttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155
Ashcans cover looks sweet!
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=326549#Comment_3265492012-03-12T11:19:20-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Wintermanhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1722
Todd Harris (the artist) is a killer.
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=330635#Comment_3306352012-04-28T05:09:04-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00RichardFannonhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2741
I've some stuff in Weaponizer and Make Something and I have a novella on Smashwords and Amazon
"I Feel Fine" - a love story set in the aftermath of a zombie ...
"I Feel Fine" - a love story set in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse

Amazon]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=330697#Comment_3306972012-04-29T08:42:13-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00themanfromHADEShttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10775
Afternoon 'Chapsters
I put this up as a seperate thread being one of FNGs (fucking new guys), so excuse my befuddled-ness.
Here's a link to a series of Surreal/Comic/Noir-influenced stories ...
I put this up as a seperate thread being one of FNGs (fucking new guys), so excuse my befuddled-ness.

Here's a link to a series of Surreal/Comic/Noir-influenced stories I've been working on for a while, for your delectation/laceration.

If you dig (daddy-o), I'd be happy to send you a free copy of the ebook (epub, .mobi, pdf) novella "And The Street Screamed Blue Murder" where the idea/characters originated from. I've published it through my own PULP METAL FICTION & I'd like to see what "non-locals", i.e. people outside of my circle of literary miscreants, think of it.You can send me an email from the Contact address on the OLD LURK site and I'll be as quick as a speeding sloth.

Here's a wee cheapy video for the book:

]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=331697#Comment_3316972012-05-14T03:17:22-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
OK, had a good week last week.
I've decided to knuckle down and get my novel written. Up until now it's been an idea that I've played with in a couple of short stories. So last week I worked out ...
I've decided to knuckle down and get my novel written. Up until now it's been an idea that I've played with in a couple of short stories. So last week I worked out how many words I need to nail a day to get 10,000 words out a week (About 1400). So this week has been habit building, and it seems to be paying off. I'm now 10,000 words further on than I was last week. I know that I'm going to have to slice through the draft like a psychotic barber, but that suits me just fine.

In other news my short story The Fibril Prosthetic is up at Inky Squib and one of my shorts from last year, 'Branch', has been selected from a longlist of 200 as one of the top 50 very short fictions by Wigleaf]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=331876#Comment_3318762012-05-15T22:54:32-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00ales kothttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4375
My name is Ales Kot. This is my website.
This is how I look when I run around Los Angeles:
I made a comic with Riley Rossmo (Dark Wolverine, Cowboy Ninja Viking, Green Wake) and I'm working ...
This is my website.

This is how I look when I run around Los Angeles:

I made a comic with Riley Rossmo (Dark Wolverine, Cowboy Ninja Viking, Green Wake) and I'm working on a few more with people like Ryan Sook, Ben Templesmith, Tyler Crook and so on. I hope that these gentlemen's willingness to work with me somehow means that maybe I know how to do this, at least partially. I'm doing my best to make comics that will be unlike anything else you've seen or read before.

The comic I made with Riley Rossmo, WILD CHILDREN, is coming out in July 2012 via Image Comics.

Besides WILD CHILDREN, 2012 will also hopefully bring some short comics fiction by me and Ryan Sook (a short BATMAN story for DC's digital initiative), a short story for OCCUPY COMICS with Tyler Crook (Petrograd, B.P.R.D.), and two more creator-owned things, both mini-series, one of them a very strange slasher, the other a SF action thriller. And this thing with Templesmith I can't talk about. And hopefully more.

If you'd like to, follow me on twitter.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=332661#Comment_3326612012-05-27T14:47:47-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00KodyChamberlainhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1269
I'm Kody, I did a solo book called SWEETS: A NEW ORLEANS CRIME STORY from Image Comics.
It's on Amazon and ComiXology
Sweets was very well reviewed by just about everyone that reviews ...
It's on Amazon and ComiXology

I'm also co-creator and artist on a highly unusual comic called PUNKS, which you can read for free over at MTV. This one is done entirely in traditional photo collage using an old photocopier, X-Acto blade, and scotch tape. Fun stuff.

I have an all-new crime comic in production, I'll probably show it around to publishers just before San Diego Comic-Con. There's also a slim chance I'll self publish as a digital original. Some decisions to make on this one.

I'm also on Twitter.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=332663#Comment_3326632012-05-27T15:59:33-05:002012-05-27T16:05:29-05:00Cat Vincenthttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=447
This is actually a big step for me, to say "I Am A Writer" here...
(deep breath)
So, I mostly write on the Fortean beat. Yet another Weaponizer (my main thing there is the Mason Lang ...
(deep breath)

(I've also got a nice little earner doing an anonymous A-Z of Cannabis Terms for a noted Dutch seed company...)

And I still occasionally blog at my own joint & write more at Twitter than anywhere else - @catvincent, of course.

Future plans include the second Slenderman piece for Darklore 7, a possible collection of my articles on practical occultism known as Guttershaman... and who knows?

I wouldn't have dared to try my hand as a professional writer were it not for the support and nurturing of young artists & creators here - so thank you, one and all.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=332785#Comment_3327852012-05-29T11:47:14-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Gordonhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10275
I'm halfway through a four-part comic called No More Heroes. You can read the first half of issue one for FREE! Yep, just go to the website.
website.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=334550#Comment_3345502012-06-18T12:15:29-05:002012-06-18T12:18:27-05:00DistractDeludehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8765
I currently have two stories in, Indigo Rising UK, which is part-edited by our very own, Mr Toase who also has several pieces in the latest issue. It can be viewed/downloaded as a PDF, googledoc, or ...
Indigo Rising UK, which is part-edited by our very own, Mr Toase who also has several pieces in the latest issue. It can be viewed/downloaded as a PDF, googledoc, or in Kindle format from their website, here.

I also have another short story, The Lodge in the second issue of, The Curiosity Cabinet, which is linked to in this post from my blog. I also put up a bit of background info and a personal critique of my stories featured in, Indigo Rising in this blog post.

I am on the bird song network as, @distractdelude.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=334601#Comment_3346012012-06-19T08:07:03-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Fauxhammerhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=27
Just got paid last week for That Weird City, and my partner and I started off on another anthology, this time of direct Lovecraft pastiche. The writing's going well, about 1K/day.
This is my ...
This is my goddamn year.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=334690#Comment_3346902012-06-20T12:20:04-05:002012-06-20T12:23:40-05:00LordGanjahttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10815
My writing's taken off this year.
I've been writing comdey sketches and short stuff for ages but never did anything with it until now.
Pulled together my stuff and published it on Amazon 2 months ...
I've been writing comdey sketches and short stuff for ages but never did anything with it until now.Pulled together my stuff and published it on Amazon 2 months and it's been doing pretty good.The first is a blog-style teenage fantasy set in Stoke and the second is a series of interlinked comedy sketches copiously illustrated parodying the superhero world.I'm now working on a second volume of Sex & Spandex - writing is finished and illustrations underway, hope to get it out by August.Check my website here with loads of information and artwork: Zenkim Media

Colin Thorson Teenage SuperheroCover Illustrator: Ash CollinsDescription:Colin, a troubled teenager living in the North of England, is having nightmares of a talking crow with a startling revelation.Read his story as he struggles with his problems; Can Colin save his girlfriend from the Evil One, become the first superhero of Stoke and get his homework done or is he merely delusional?

Sex & Spandex : The Secret Lives of SuperheroesIllustrator: Werner MueckDescription:A Comic Parody of Cosmic Proportions. Monty Python meets Marvel in the ultimate mash-up.A series of sketches about superheroes and supervillains, their secret lives and their not-so secret desires.Featuring The Avengers in downtime and on stage, the Cosmic Nagging Housewives, the Silver Surfer searching for his board, the outrageous Sex Ed. @Mutie High and the infamous X-tasy Nightclub with the X-men living up to their name!

The two main characters are Mrs Galactus and Mrs Darkseid - loosely based on the great Les Dawson & Roy Barraclough as Cissy and Ada.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=334719#Comment_3347192012-06-20T18:30:50-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00DonburiBoyhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1464
I co-edited Arcana studio's first Dark Horrors graphic novel anthology and had a short story inside it called "Bones." I think it's available on Comixology.
I did some ambient ...
I did some ambient scriptwriting for the forthcoming Square-Enix/United Front Games open world Hong Kong action game called "Sleeping Dogs" (formerly True Crime: Hong Kong.) I don't know what, if anything made it into the final game, or if my name's in the credits, but it's a personal milestone for me because it was the first paid writing gig, and it's just nice to see it get released.

I contributed writing to some web series for friends of mine. I did punch-up writing for one called "Pretty in Geek" about a group of girl gamers, whose D&D game gets crashed by a LARPer. And I wrote a few episodes for another called "The Gate" which is a sketch-y type one about St. Peter at the Pearly Gates, and the shit he has to deal with. Again, for both, I don't know what's made it to the final, filmed projects, and I don't even know if they're released yet.

Had a bunch of things almost happen then get cancelled, as it goes. Got a few other things on the go, but can't talk about them yet. When I can talk about things, I talk about them here: http://jamesnadiger.com]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=335231#Comment_3352312012-06-27T16:29:57-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Richard Kadreyhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2111
I’m one of the Guests of Honor this weekend at FandomFest in Louisville, KY, 6/29 – 7/1. Here’s my official schedule.
Unofficial stuff will probably pop up so stay tuned. I hope to see some of ...
Unofficial stuff will probably pop up so stay tuned. I hope to see some of you there.

Sunday 1pm Beckham Room The Big 6 and Traditional Press's Place in Today's Publishing World]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=335770#Comment_3357702012-07-04T10:39:56-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00BryanSwanhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2685
I write some things. My website is The Chrysalis Falls Vigilant. The Vigilant is a sprawling mutli-series serial that's urban fantasy plus dystopian metropolis. Two collections of stories are ...
The Chrysalis Falls Vigilant. The Vigilant is a sprawling mutli-series serial that's urban fantasy plus dystopian metropolis. Two collections of stories are available on Amazon. The Kindle e-books are $0.99 and the paperbacks are $6.99.

I have a couple other series I'm currently writing with no particular date on when they'll go live. I'm also working on a radio play that may or may not go anywhere but it's fun work while it lasts.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=336066#Comment_3360662012-07-07T14:50:10-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Joe Bhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=940
Just got a book up on Amazon: Gambit of Shadows and it's available on Kindle as well. It's a modern fantasy, first of a series. I've got a science fiction story that's in the plotting stages too.
Gambit of Shadows and it's available on Kindle as well. It's a modern fantasy, first of a series. I've got a science fiction story that's in the plotting stages too.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=336240#Comment_3362402012-07-09T18:48:27-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00ales kothttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4375
Coming on Wednesday.

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Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=337592#Comment_3375922012-07-28T20:26:17-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00RenThinghttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155
Want to help support a great indie publisher? Considering pledging to Dagan Books' Kickstarter? Dagan Books is a great company producing quality books, please pledge some money and help out.
Kickstarter? Dagan Books is a great company producing quality books, please pledge some money and help out.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=337653#Comment_3376532012-07-29T23:29:21-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Vornaskottihttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6665
Hmm, stuff happening on writery front in here too - we just founded a publishing co-op earlier this year, the first anthology is out (in Finnish only, sorry) and my novel draft was accepted to the ...
eep! :)]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=338127#Comment_3381272012-08-07T05:24:20-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00moalihttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1430
I have a short story in 'Walrus Tales' - a collection of weird walrus-themed fiction published by Eraserhead Press, and available to buy NOWWWWW
NOWWWWW]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=338256#Comment_3382562012-08-09T15:39:44-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Quisitrixhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=726
I am a writer.
Woo Hoo. I actually said it. Anyway right now I'm writing a serial novel and publishing it as a blog. The current story is a murder mystery in which my fictional alter ego ...
Woo Hoo. I actually said it. Anyway right now I'm writing a serial novel and publishing it as a blog. The current story is a murder mystery in which my fictional alter ego investigates the locked room murder of the most unpopular woman in Aberdeen. This story fits into a series of Novel's I've written but never had the courage to do anything with. Seriously I've got two completed novels and one completed first draft and a couple more at the research stage but I've not even sent anything to an agent.

The link goes to the first part of the current story, rather than to the front page of the blog.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=338443#Comment_3384432012-08-13T14:14:25-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00an unhealthy shinehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7355
Woohoo I've just written my first creative writing for ages... 1000 words probably mostly pants but it flowed easy, took me about an hour to bash it out as well. And that's despite having to write ...
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=339232#Comment_3392322012-08-28T05:44:48-05:002012-08-28T05:45:51-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
Just had a new story 'Spark' published at Jabberwocky Magazine. A tale of chemicals, anthropomorphised skies and plots
Spark
Spark]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=339239#Comment_3392392012-08-28T10:29:38-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00RenThinghttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155
Just notified a story I submitted for a paying anthology was accepted. Can't give details yet until the TOC is finalized and the publisher makes the announcement themselves but I'm very, very happy ...
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=339247#Comment_3392472012-08-28T14:25:34-05:002012-08-28T14:30:11-05:00Quisitrixhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=726
Well done RenThing. And I love the Spark Story.
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=339248#Comment_3392482012-08-28T14:52:57-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
Cheers Quisitrix.
@RenThing Congrats! Look forward to your announcement! Still get a buzz off seeing my work published. Quite an addictive feeling
@RenThing Congrats! Look forward to your announcement! Still get a buzz off seeing my work published. Quite an addictive feeling]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=339254#Comment_3392542012-08-28T16:12:04-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00RenThinghttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155
@Steve
Isn't it just? This is the first publication since I sold a short to an invite-only anthology last year (a month after my son was born, that was a very weird time) and this was the first ...
Isn't it just? This is the first publication since I sold a short to an invite-only anthology last year (a month after my son was born, that was a very weird time) and this was the first story I've submitted in 2012 so it feels good to make the sale. Still waiting to hear about another short I have out.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=339255#Comment_3392552012-08-28T16:17:10-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
Strangely this is the first thing I've had published since my son was born a month ago yesterday (Though it was accepted a few months back). I'm a bit out of habit with my writing since he was born, ...
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=339256#Comment_3392562012-08-28T16:39:13-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00RenThinghttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155
*nod* I know what you mean. I think I've maybe done about 20-30k in the last year. >.
.<]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=339263#Comment_3392632012-08-28T20:25:57-05:002012-09-18T10:07:52-05:00mjmartinejohnhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8529
I have a webcomic up with incredible art and a killer superhero story. And a pitch that I have in the can. That takes up most of my time though, just shilling on and on and on.
ncredible art and a killer superhero story. And a pitch that I have in the can. That takes up most of my time though, just shilling on and on and on.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=340029#Comment_3400292012-09-12T10:53:31-05:002012-09-12T10:54:00-05:00Wintermanhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1722
Starting today, a web preview of my new serial novel, GALATEA'S CROSS will be available to read and discuss. It is absolutely free and introduces (to most of you) the character of Tim Cross, ...
Here's a little background:

In the future the world is dominated by gigantic mega corporations that rule the markets like high tech feudal kingdoms. The only protection humanity has against the whims and machinations of the Megas is the Human/Corporate Advocacy, the HCA.

Of the HCA's many agents, Tim Cross is one of the best. Smart, shrewd, incisive, he's a man cut from a cloth woven in a bygone era- an old-school private dick forced to live in a pristine, almost antiseptic future.

When the teenaged murder suspect Cross has been assigned to protect turns out to be more than anybody expected, what follows is a high-speed, high casualty race to solve the mystery of the girl before the powerful forces out to kill her get their wish.

You can find out more and get access to the preview by checking in HERE

After the preview begins there will be regular updates, including art, character breakdowns, quotes from the series and more.

What is a serial novel? Well, in this case it's like a monthly TV series with each chapter being like an episode. There's mystery, action, scifi, politics a TINY amount of sex and all for 99c a pop, beginning in October.

Come on down and tell a friend.

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Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=340414#Comment_3404142012-09-17T13:37:59-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
Latest news is I've just sold a short story to Innsmouth Free Press which will be published in February.
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=341460#Comment_3414602012-10-02T15:36:52-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
On the subject of Innsmouth Free Press you can get the collected issues 5-7 for free through Amazon at the moment.
UK
USA
UKUSA]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=341464#Comment_3414642012-10-02T16:22:28-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00RenThinghttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155
Grats, Steve!
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=341906#Comment_3419062012-10-09T13:13:09-05:002012-10-09T13:17:45-05:00ales kothttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4375
Got a new thing coming out via Image Comics that I'm very excited about - CHANGE.
#1 is coming out 12/12/12.
Here's a thread I made for it.
And here's one page.
#1 is coming out 12/12/12.

Second draft of my novel written. Need to get submitting.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=341928#Comment_3419282012-10-10T07:30:59-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Fauxhammerhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=27
I changed up my process on the story I'm working on now; instead of working from an outline, I just started free-associating. I hit a personal best as far as words-per-hour (as well as the number of ...
I just hope it doesn't suck.

@ales: oh, yes, do want]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=342098#Comment_3420982012-10-13T10:53:02-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00ales kothttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4375
@texture: hee hee
@Fauxhammer: Good. And more is coming.
@Fauxhammer: Good. And more is coming.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=342342#Comment_3423422012-10-19T01:22:15-05:002012-10-19T01:22:56-05:00Wellandhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5679
Wrote a short horror story Alone No More, its now available on my website .I'd love to know what you guys think.
Cheers
website .I'd love to know what you guys think.

Cheers]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=342364#Comment_3423642012-10-19T07:44:30-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00RenThinghttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155
Just sold my short story "A Cage Gilded" to the Gears & Growls anthology due out next year.
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=342830#Comment_3428302012-10-29T05:51:53-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Will Couperhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=190
I've just gone and self-published a novel via Kindle Direct Publishing. Dark Eve is a horror novel set in my home town.
Will
Dark Eve is a horror novel set in my home town.

Will]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=342831#Comment_3428312012-10-29T06:12:37-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00texturehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1472
Bought!
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=343041#Comment_3430412012-10-31T14:21:40-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
Just had my short story Elf Knots published in Beautiful Scruffiness, a great little publication up in the North of England. You can read it online for free ...
http://issuu.com/katiemetcalfe/docs/beautiful_scruffiness_5-1]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=343693#Comment_3436932012-11-08T10:57:35-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Fauxhammerhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=27
Yesterday I decided to tear down the scaffolding I'd used for my novel and started afresh. There's still some salvageable stuff I can use for the countertops and flooring, but most of it is gone and ...
It feels awesome. Scenes I wrote two years ago are fresh and viable.

And dirty. Oh my god, it got dirty quick.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=343698#Comment_3436982012-11-08T11:46:24-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00texturehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1472
God that feels good doesn't it? Never be afraid to destroy your darlings.
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=343930#Comment_3439302012-11-12T05:08:02-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Fauxhammerhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=27
DIE DIE DIE MY DARLING
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=344004#Comment_3440042012-11-13T14:32:53-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Oddculthttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=214
http://oddcases.blog.com/
Some old scripts I did that never got drawn. I occasionally get asked about these, so here's what's there.
Some old scripts I did that never got drawn. I occasionally get asked about these, so here's what's there.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=344037#Comment_3440372012-11-14T08:35:44-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Fauxhammerhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=27
To keep myself honest, I've got seven chapters, and 22,246 words after a week with the new outline. Bear in mind, I re-used a lot of the first parts of the Working Class Paladin serial at Weaponizer, ...
This is right. This is proper.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=344100#Comment_3441002012-11-15T10:52:46-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00texturehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1472
Think it's okay to announce this now. I just got a paid job as a Staff Writer for the paper I helped set up seven years ago. I'm also being mentored by a very experienced professional journalist and ...
Also typed THE END on my novel, so that's the first draft done after 12 months of work. The funny side of all this is I'm going to be so goddamn busy now, I may as well hook up an IV drip from the internet into my veins. But as anyone who knows me will testify, I love to be busy. Looking forward to another year flashing past in this hyperactive, pell-mell dash towards the grave they call LIFE.

Fuck, and also yeah.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=344111#Comment_3441112012-11-15T12:46:38-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Brian Schirmerhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7243
For you folks in the San Francisco Bay Area, I'll be signing copies of Ultrasylvania alongside a bunch of the artists from the book tomorrow night at Mission: Comics & Art. Here's the promo ...
Ultrasylvania alongside a bunch of the artists from the book tomorrow night at Mission: Comics & Art. Here's the promo bit:

And - for anyone who might be interested - the book is currently up at Things From Another World. Should be up on Amazon soon enough.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=344422#Comment_3444222012-11-21T14:05:07-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Puckhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=792
I published a collection of writings I've done for various websites magazines etc. Pretty much clearing the decks for the BIG WRITING THING I've nearly finished and a smaller more personal extended ...

I published a collection of writings I've done for various websites magazines etc. Pretty much clearing the decks for the BIG WRITING THING I've nearly finished and a smaller more personal extended essay about burning sigil's into the city with my feet.

cue shilling -

Five years of foul mouth observation and booze fuelled nihilism – A collection of a confused man trying to find meaning in a world I abandoned as rational a long time before.

The best of a full half a decade of blog posts, magazine articles, interviews reviews and columns. Guttermouth is a meaty 47,ooo word e-book, a resignation letter to reality, and possibly future evidence for the prosecution.

There is something inherently arrogant about trying to sell a compilation of your work.

FEATURES!

- The finest PICKINGS from edgetrinkets.com- ARTICLES originally from Area and Fused magazines- My CONTROVERSIAL column from Birmingham: It’s Not Shit- Other random SHIT I found on my hard drive.

It’s emotional, observant, heartfelt and hilarious. So far New York story made me laugh most. It’ll be a shame when it ends. - Fran_101_, tweeting media bod with groovy taste.

It’s available on Amazon for ninety days or so, after which I can release it on other services. Leaving a review would be peachy too.

C’mon it’s less than the price of a pint

THAT LINK FOR THE BOOK – CLICK HERE AND BUY THE DAMN THING]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=344473#Comment_3444732012-11-22T13:56:36-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00moalihttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1430
The fairytale comic DREAMCATCHER (story by me, art by the brilliant Valia Kapadai) is available to buy here: http://valiumcomics.bigcartel.com/
http://valiumcomics.bigcartel.com/]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=344606#Comment_3446062012-11-26T09:54:55-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Ben Gwalchmaihttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3030
Having been practically away from the net since Nov. 12th, I need to say the following:
CON-FRICKING-GRATS to TEXTURE:¬!!1!`!¬! :¬)
Seriously, a proper paid writing job? That's the dream, ...
CON-FRICKING-GRATS to TEXTURE:¬!!1!`!¬! :¬)

Seriously, a proper paid writing job? That's the dream, right there.

[Congrats to everyone else whose works have been published recently, too, of course. it's just that paid writing is the shizzle.]]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=344714#Comment_3447142012-11-29T01:32:50-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00texturehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1472
Thank you Ben! Very much appreciated mate :) They are working me into the ground already, as is right and proper!! My word count for the first 3 weeks is about 25k :) Couldn't be happier!
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=344727#Comment_3447272012-11-29T06:53:43-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
So a couple of updates. I've just had a story accepted by a magazine that's been on my get published in list since I first started submitting my fiction. Also I'm about to restart as a book reviewer ...
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=345777#Comment_3457772012-12-20T13:44:45-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Ben Gwalchmaihttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3030
@ Steve - though this is shameless, I'm on a high and can't resist: would you be interested in reviewing my book when it comes out in about 4 months time?
I ask because my big writerly news ...
I ask because my big writerly news is...

Yesterday I got offered a contract for my horror-historical novel and today I accepted the offer!

It took me about 2 years to research and 9months to write but damn does it now feel worth it.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=345779#Comment_3457792012-12-20T13:59:23-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00oldhathttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75
Gah! I'm writing a book on what is essentially Beer Appreciation 101. Covering common types of beer, brief run-down of how it's made, types of glasses, how to buy/order for yourself or others, brief ...
Not planning on making it a definitive guide by any means, but I want it to be short, sweet and get other people on the road to appreciating beer better and looking deeper in to it if they want.

Getting a netbook today so I can write in the pub (something I've wanted for site business and travel things anyways).

GAH!]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=345782#Comment_3457822012-12-20T14:45:38-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Ben Gwalchmaihttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3030
Congrats, Robin!
One step closer to becoming the Goddess of Sagely Beer Advice.
Is that a franchisable title, by the way? If you're in Canada could I encourage a cool lady to do the same or ...
One step closer to becoming the Goddess of Sagely Beer Advice.

Is that a franchisable title, by the way? If you're in Canada could I encourage a cool lady to do the same or are you planning on [spiritual] world domination?

:)

[Once again and for seriousnesses, congrats.]]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=345786#Comment_3457862012-12-20T15:25:11-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
Hi Ben firstly congratulations! Everything goes through the editor, and they don't do many fiction pieces. Does it have a Fortean/paranormal angle to it? If so I can pass on the contact details for ...
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=345798#Comment_3457982012-12-21T00:51:30-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00tmdigiuseppihttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10554
Here is all my work. Nails Jane is a full length novel I had published last year. It's available in print and paperback.
Nails Jane:
Amazon
lulu - digital
lulu - ...

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Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=345799#Comment_3457992012-12-21T00:53:22-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00tmdigiuseppihttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10554
p.s. I've read that Ultrasylvania web comic. It's AWESOME.
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=345806#Comment_3458062012-12-21T04:03:01-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Ben Gwalchmaihttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3030
@ Steve Toase - Thanks, man. It does indeed have a paranormal element to it. There's some freaky hallucinations ["n shit"] going down alongside the fact that it's essentially a trip through ...
I could detail more in an email but your .co.uk site's down at the mo so couldn't find a contact and I didn't want to go straight to LinkedIn as it feels like a place where you should have already done something, or at least met, in order to be connected.

If you're interested to hear more and think your reviews editor might be, drop by http://bengwalchmai.com and pop me an email.Thanks, man.

Don't know if I said this explicitly but HUGE congratulations on to you on working for Fortean, that must be an intriguing job.

@ everyone else - keep up that typing. It's National Short Story Day in the UK today...]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=345819#Comment_3458192012-12-21T11:35:19-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
@ben I've dropped you an email. Hope that helps. Completely missed it's short story day here.
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=345961#Comment_3459612012-12-26T05:11:02-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00texturehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1472
#latetotheparty
@Ben Gwalchmai - Great news about the novel - any news on timescale for publication? Congrats man!
I'm sending off my revised 2nd draft novel to an agent this week. Fingers X'd.
@Ben Gwalchmai - Great news about the novel - any news on timescale for publication? Congrats man!

I'm sending off my revised 2nd draft novel to an agent this week. Fingers X'd.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=346005#Comment_3460052012-12-28T08:27:47-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Ben Gwalchmaihttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3030
^__^ Thanks man ^__^
The timescale is that it should be available in roughly 3/4 months time.
Pretty quick, I think. I'll be sure to post more when I know. I'm thinking I'll blog the research I ...
The timescale is that it should be available in roughly 3/4 months time. Pretty quick, I think. I'll be sure to post more when I know. I'm thinking I'll blog the research I did that I didn't use in the run up to it so I'll be sure to gross you all out with some of that weird shit.

Good luck with the agents. I've found that they tend to take an age to respond. So far, I've had no luck - I even got a one sentence 'no' reply the other week for the book that's now getting published.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=346096#Comment_3460962012-12-31T18:20:35-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Strangitieshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10917
I started STRANGITIES.com as a way to practice writing the only form of fiction I know how to - weird. I've since released one collection of short stories, "STRANGITIES: Volume I" in ...
STRANGITIES.com as a way to practice writing the only form of fiction I know how to - weird. I've since released one collection of short stories, "STRANGITIES: Volume I" in paperback and ebook with a second just about complete. I'm also a month or two away from releasing my first novella, "The Cold Year Of Creation." (Here's a teaser trailer.) A reader suggested I should join the community of Whitechapel as a way to meet like-minded individuals. So here I am.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=346185#Comment_3461852013-01-02T15:21:19-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Brian Schirmerhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7243
@ Trista: Thanks for the Ultrasylvania love! I'll have to check out Nails Jane. Sounds like a wild ride.
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=346215#Comment_3462152013-01-03T01:01:20-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Ben Gwalchmaihttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3030
@ Strangeties - welcome, sir. Congrats on your work so far! Keep us up to date.
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=346266#Comment_3462662013-01-03T14:04:17-06:002013-01-04T22:31:11-06:00Alan Tysonhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1299
I may be bending the rules on this somewhat, since this is not being traditionally published - if so, do forgive me.
I've started serializing my novel, The Last Suburb, on a dedicated Tumblr. I ...
I've started serializing my novel, The Last Suburb, on a dedicated Tumblr. I plan on getting a personal website up and running before too long, but I have just enough followers on Tumblr that it made sense to start there and see if I can build up a bit of readership. Whitechapel (without which a good chunk of this novel may not exist, for a variety of reasons) will also, naturally, get first crack at it. Because you're all awesome.

The novel itself has quite a lot (some might say too much already) written, at over 500 pages, but I'll be uploading one scene, between two and eight pages, once per day, until the book is finished. I suppose it works a bit less like a classic serialized novel, more like a daily webcomic, or a TV series.

I've got the first scene up and running now, plus an introduction and an epigraph page, so if you want something short to read, I would be more than happy to provide that.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=346332#Comment_3463322013-01-04T20:28:07-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Frankhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1074
Setting up a site for short stories (quick little bits of flash fic) and will publish the URL here
Will take a day or two.
Will take a day or two.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=347142#Comment_3471422013-01-21T07:02:09-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
My short story Fate's Mask, a tale of cauls, folk magic and changing luck, is in the latest Arcane anthology. You can purchase a copy at
either Arcane II at Smashwords or Arcane II at Amazon UK
either Arcane II at Smashwords or Arcane II at Amazon UK]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=347466#Comment_3474662013-01-28T12:34:04-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Scott Gablehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10933
My own work's still in progress, but I edited Clinton Boomer's wonderfully psychedelic and weird urban fantasy The Hole Behind Midnight.
The Hole Behind Midnight.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=347935#Comment_3479352013-02-06T09:24:06-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00John Skylarhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8976
Gosh I've been away from this place for too long.
It's wonderful to see what you're all doing.
I'm in Fusion Fragment this quarter, and next month in a little startup mag called Old Hedgy ...
It's wonderful to see what you're all doing.

I'm in Fusion Fragment this quarter, and next month in a little startup mag called Old Hedgy Times, which just dropped its first issue (recommended especially if you like chiptunes), and then another thing in March that's still a shhh moment. I might be joining Old Hedgy as a staff writer, also.

If anybody's interested in collaborating or publishing with Old Hedgy, I'm reachable by email and might be able to pull some strings. They pay.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=349322#Comment_3493222013-03-01T10:16:11-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
A bit of publication news.
My short story, Chicken Skin Gloves, has just been published by Liquid Imagination. What's interesting for me is that they've also recorded an audio version. The ...
My short story, Chicken Skin Gloves, has just been published by Liquid Imagination. What's interesting for me is that they've also recorded an audio version. The recording is the first time I've heard someone I've never met narrate my work. Very pleased with how it turned out.Chicken Skin Gloves

One of my other hats is as flash fiction editor for a magazine called Indigo Rising UK, our third issue is out, with a good mix of poetry, fiction and flash. There is some really good work from first time published writers.Indigo Rising UK]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=350624#Comment_3506242013-03-27T21:10:25-05:002013-03-27T21:10:40-05:00whydoisayhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10964
I'm new but also a writer. I spent a while living entirely as a freelance writer, but I decided I wanted to move out of the ghetto and have health insurance. Plus the video game I spent months ...
Golden Gate Riot]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=350638#Comment_3506382013-03-28T09:01:35-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00RenThinghttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155
Turned in my contract for the Gears & Growls anthology.
Gears & Growls anthology.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=350652#Comment_3506522013-03-28T13:50:08-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Ben Gwalchmaihttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3030
Welcome, WhyDoISay!
Congrats on the comic! I'll look forward to hearing more.
On my front: the novel publication date got pushed back a little to avoid something or other, they tells me. Still ...
Congrats on the comic! I'll look forward to hearing more.

On my front: the novel publication date got pushed back a little to avoid something or other, they tells me. Still out this year, I'm still happy.

Got some funding to do a new start-uppery writing thing so cracking on with that.

Congrats to all on contracts and entries and further writings.A hell of a year so far.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=350667#Comment_3506672013-03-28T17:17:05-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00whydoisayhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10964
Thanks for the welcome! Have you had issues with contracts with publishers being ... less than desirable?
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=350830#Comment_3508302013-04-01T06:33:57-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Ben Gwalchmaihttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3030
Well, no. Not really.
I'm just eager for my book to come out :)
When it gets pushed back a little, I feel like momentum is put aside awhile when I'm attempting to push ever onward.
S'all good ...
I'm just eager for my book to come out :)When it gets pushed back a little, I feel like momentum is put aside awhile when I'm attempting to push ever onward.

S'all good really though. Can't complain.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=350848#Comment_3508482013-04-01T13:31:18-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00whydoisayhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10964
Well congrats! Be sure to let us know when your book is released!
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=353846#Comment_3538462013-06-15T01:23:44-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Ben Gwalchmaihttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3030
Back on the Purefinder blogging track - lost my way a bit there due to fairly intense schedules at work.
New stuff up here too, with the final versions of the cover going up today and tomorrow.
Purefinder blogging track - lost my way a bit there due to fairly intense schedules at work.

New stuff up here too, with the final versions of the cover going up today and tomorrow.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=354909#Comment_3549092013-07-11T09:26:33-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00John Skylarhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8976
Been an interesting past few months. Had a thing in Aoife's Kiss mag, but it's taking forever to get my contributor's copy.
Then Bruce Bethke took one of my stories for an upcoming Stupefying ...
Aoife's Kiss mag, but it's taking forever to get my contributor's copy.

Then Bruce Bethke took one of my stories for an upcoming Stupefying Stories! release, something about Weird Westerns. Slated for the end of the month. I really love what Bruce is doing with that magazine, I recommend it a lot to everyone as a venue. He's a real "writers' writer," and very responsive/respectful of even those he is rejecting.

An antho called The Future Embodied took a piece of mine, though I have no idea what their publication schedule is all about.

And then Old Timey Hedgehog is putting out an anthology of my stuff. I totally don't deserve to have my stuff collected yet, but they wanted to, so...yay!]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=354930#Comment_3549302013-07-11T15:12:41-05:002013-07-11T15:13:13-05:00Jason A. Questhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5192
A short short autobio piece I wrote (and illustrated) is included in Anything That Loves, an anthology of comix about the B and T in LGBT, published by Northwest Press, to be released next week at ...
Anything That Loves, an anthology of comix about the B and T in LGBT, published by Northwest Press, to be released next week at SDCC. Not the first story I've had accepted by a publisher, but this is the first one to actually make it to paper.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=355119#Comment_3551192013-07-16T09:23:45-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00oldhathttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75
FINALLY decided to quit faffing about with random scribblings and nail down an outline for the damn Beer Book.
This is page one of about three, which has the basic basic stuff that almost ...

This is page one of about three, which has the basic basic stuff that almost every book has, but is still important to put in (especially since this one is for beginners). Other chapters will include a beer fest survival guide, dispelling some myths, cooking with beer, and many other practical tips for a person who doesn't want to read a 300 page book full of lingo.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=355126#Comment_3551262013-07-16T11:51:06-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00John Skylarhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8976
I want your book on my shelf, Oldhat. If you need any help with it, consider this an offer to beta read/shout from rooftops/whatever.
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=355230#Comment_3552302013-07-18T14:01:47-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00sabirpirzadahttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3571
Been a while since I visited whitechapel. So much cool stuff here!
I've got a comic coming out with Arcana comics at SDCC Booth #2415. I'm doing a signing on sunday from 11:30-12:30 so come and ...
I've got a comic coming out with Arcana comics at SDCC Booth #2415. I'm doing a signing on sunday from 11:30-12:30 so come and say hi if you're around.

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Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=355300#Comment_3553002013-07-21T03:42:13-05:002013-07-21T03:43:04-05:00texturehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1472
Doing a show with my fiction workshop/performance collective Writers' Bloc at the Edinburgh Book Festival, in a collaboration with musicians Poppy Ackroyd & John Lemke. If anyone's about, come ...
Writers' Bloc at the Edinburgh Book Festival, in a collaboration with musicians Poppy Ackroyd & John Lemke. If anyone's about, come along it's going to be an incredible show. Details here. I'll be about throught the Bookfest as a journo scumbag, so if you're in town, look me up. I'm also competing in the BBC Poetry Slam on 13 Aug against the likes of Liz Lochead and a selection of the country's finest spoken word artists.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=355308#Comment_3553082013-07-21T14:49:29-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00icelandbobhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5250
Liz Lochead is going DOWN!!!
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=355324#Comment_3553242013-07-21T22:22:11-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Vornaskottihttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6665
I sent out the second-to-last draft of the novel to proofreaders a week ago. Now I'm waiting for them to send a version where I can fix all the zillion misplaced commas and suspect agreements that ...
I'm slowly starting to realize it that this is finally happening. So many times it's been yanked away that I'm slow to trust things are going somewhere, but barring a meteor strike or a zombie holocaust...]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=355380#Comment_3553802013-07-23T10:28:05-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00an unhealthy shinehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7355
doing a creative writing course this week, with Scott Bradfield who wrote this among other things
It's called 'Towards a Novel' and so far at the end of day two it's been really useful, the man ...
this among other things

It's called 'Towards a Novel' and so far at the end of day two it's been really useful, the man knows how to cut the crap away from your writing.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=355463#Comment_3554632013-07-24T13:42:35-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00an unhealthy shinehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7355
Got a WIP workshopped properly today, got some really useful feedback maybe it will turn into a novel of sorts at some point
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=355467#Comment_3554672013-07-24T15:15:35-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00RenThinghttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155
A professional editor friend of mine (who also has been my editor for Cthulhurotica) is hosting a four-week, online writing workshop on micro and small fiction writing and editing. Info here.
Cthulhurotica) is hosting a four-week, online writing workshop on micro and small fiction writing and editing. Info here.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=355513#Comment_3555132013-07-25T08:14:55-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00John Skylarhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8976
Wow, and that's very affordable, too. Thanks for posting that.
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=355683#Comment_3556832013-07-29T10:22:54-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
I've not been about for a while, because I like to contribute properly here if I can. However I'm going to indulge in a bit of shameless self promotion.
It's been busy on the writing front. The big ...
It's been busy on the writing front. The big news is myself and a photographer friend, Lucy Carolan, won the commission for this project Runs On The Board which has meant I can focus completely on writing over the whole of the summer.

I've also had a story accepted for Napkin Stories, which is one of one ideas you read about and wonder why it isn't happening everywhere. Basically thirty stories, 300 words each, will be put on to napkins and left in cafes for people to read while they have a drink. This year the project is running in Leeds, Brisbane and Toronto. There's some more info Napkin Stories

Then finally my website has had a lick of paint. There are a couple of things to finish, but in the meantime I'm currently adding content, including some full stories no longer available online www.stevetoase.co.uk]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=356625#Comment_3566252013-08-14T07:36:47-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Fauxhammerhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=27
The realization that I am halfway through a novel makes me feel like I can fight dudes. It ain't done yet, but I'm hitting my stride. Getting about 6K words per week in, though I could probably bump ...
Feels good, man]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=356628#Comment_3566282013-08-14T08:40:12-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00RenThinghttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155
Our very own Internet Jesus and Uncle Warren writes about why we need violent stories.
why we need violent stories.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=356633#Comment_3566332013-08-14T09:48:07-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Beamishhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8236
All you talented bastards making headway, good for all of you. I'm still maintaining a baseline on a comic adaptation of my grandfather's ww2 memoirs with my cousin on art. It is taking too long and ...
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=356648#Comment_3566482013-08-14T13:33:38-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00costa_khttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6592
Haven't really had the time or inclination to be on message boards recently, work and having a life have been consuming me. Figured I'd use this thread though to make my grand re-entrance.
I've ...
I've written two e-books, short story collections. One is called RUNNING THE TRAIN AND OTHER STORIES, featuring my private eye/bail bondsman character Ben Miles. The other is called A FLASH OF DOOM, about Victorian-era supernatural detective Sir Ian Quarry. Both are e-books available via Smashwords right here.

I also serialized short fiction, two ongoing free monthly online novellas, THE FOLLOWER and BLACK INK. One is also a Ben Miles-related story. Periodically I do short one-offs here, as well.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=356991#Comment_3569912013-08-20T15:02:45-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00John Skylarhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8976
Is anyone going to Worldcon/Lonestar Con 3? Apparently a book I have a story in is debuting there, so I may try to get out there last minute.
It's a cool anthology, from Bruce Bethke's Stupefying ...
It's a cool anthology, from Bruce Bethke's Stupefying Stories line, and is called WILD WEIRD WEST. I'd love to be there to see what they do with it and meet some of the other authors in the book (they seem really cool!). Just not sure I'd have anything else to do.

But if any other Whitechapel writerfolk are going...?]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=357471#Comment_3574712013-08-29T10:54:53-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Ben Gwalchmaihttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3030
@John Skylar - Afraid I'm not, sir, but you should go anyway. Good things come to those who...grab them and hold them down and make them give them money. Or something like that. [Ya know, ...
Been a while, Whitechapel. A hella while. Damn fine to see all the progress going on - @oldhat, when you've written it and you're doing a launch tour, you should make a challenge that if anyone can bring a homebrew better than yours to the show then they get a free book! Or somesuch thing that involves lots of drinking, yes?

Good news: Purefinder has a publication date and an ISBN!December 13th: 978 1 78279 098 [yet to be put on Amazon, I'm afraid, but I'm told that happens in October.]

Also, off the back of a real world games company reading that, I'm writing an adventure for a castle!

In order to develop interest in the book, I'll be writing a HuffPostUK blog every week [the 1st of which is here] so give it a read.

It's been a weirrrrrd year. Let's hope it gets weirder.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=357473#Comment_3574732013-08-29T11:04:44-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Magnulushttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6716
I'm struggling with finding something to read for tomorrow's Telling of Tales. Anyone got anything lying around between 800 and 2000 words? I'd love something with a light touch this week, but I'm up ...
Telling of Tales. Anyone got anything lying around between 800 and 2000 words? I'd love something with a light touch this week, but I'm up for most kinds of things, really. :)]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=357474#Comment_3574742013-08-29T11:08:14-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00allanahttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4019
what is this "light" you speak of
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=358023#Comment_3580232013-09-06T16:28:57-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00John Skylarhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8976
So, I wrote this thing called "New Yorkers Aren't Rude. You Are." which went fantastically viral, was carried on HuffPo, did insanely well there, and led to me being in a live video ...
It's something that's very exciting, but I also don't want to screw it up. What should I do next?]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=358042#Comment_3580422013-09-07T08:00:59-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00costa_khttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6592
Since I revived one of these and started the other, I have two more writing projects, nonfiction, going on now. One is daily weekday essays about being a writer and teacher over at Medium.com. ...
One is daily weekday essays about being a writer and teacher over at Medium.com.

The other is just a nonsense collection via Tumblr of humorous essays about life, ex-girlfriends, work, and things people have periodically told me were actually funny enough to be put down, so I did.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=358044#Comment_3580442013-09-07T08:05:43-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00costa_khttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6592
@John Skylar
I live in Queens and work and travel all over the five boroughs. Thank you for that.
I live in Queens and work and travel all over the five boroughs. Thank you for that.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=358081#Comment_3580812013-09-08T09:46:37-05:002013-09-08T09:46:51-05:00John Skylarhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8976
Heh, no problem. Thanks for reading! Now I just need to figure out how to get out from under it. I really would rather not talk about crowded subways 24/7. They're bad enough as it is!
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=358099#Comment_3580992013-09-09T00:13:12-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Vornaskottihttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6665
Alllright, and it's out. Just announced my first novel to the world, it went to print yesterday and it's out on October 5th. At first in Finnish only, but I'm definitely looking at translating it to ...
Scifi/new weird that's my first novelist tribute to Philip K. Dick and Kafka. Released under Creative Commons that permits non-commercial copying, 'cause fuck DRM and ebook licenses.

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Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=358146#Comment_3581462013-09-10T14:46:34-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Eberhornhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10488
Oh, God, I only have like one post on this forum, and I actually kind of imagined/remembered a section for webcomics. But this is what I found.
So, about me, struggling writer, mostly movie and TV ...
So, about me, struggling writer, mostly movie and TV stuff for Germany, but I dabble in "Ze Eeenglish" with a blog, and now, well, I guess you can call it a webcomic. If you're being nice about it. It's short little cartoonish stories about ... tea. Told by Mr. T. Mr. T in a tea-cup. And he's talking about tea. Any kind of tea English has to offer - going by the dictionary - like Abduc-Tea, Abili-Tea, you get what I'm getting at.

Anyways, here's a link to the Blogpost where I have and will collect all of these I do, with how I got to it, and so on. The stories are at the bottom, but you should read the whole thing (It's pretty short, anyways...): The things I do to tell a story...

Furthermore, if you are interested, there's a "Fan-Fiction Firefly Alternate Reality" story set in World War II here: Fireflies of World War II

Cheers, all]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=358212#Comment_3582122013-09-12T08:36:15-05:002013-09-12T09:23:24-05:00texturehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1472
Massive congrats to Janos on the novel. Go brother!
I just finished my 4th and hopefully final (until I get an editor anyway) draft of the crime novel I've been writing for 2 years, on and off. ...
I just finished my 4th and hopefully final (until I get an editor anyway) draft of the crime novel I've been writing for 2 years, on and off. Going out to a few beta readers, then a final pass, then off to an agent who has asked to see it. Feeling pretty good about it, the printer is chugging away in the background now. This is the one for which an earlier draft of the opening chapters got shortlisted for the CWA debut novel prize last year. That, along with a few other bits and bobs, will hopefully strengthen my case for signing with an agent. Fingers crossed.

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Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=358221#Comment_3582212013-09-12T09:52:54-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00John Skylarhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8976
Man, Janos, wish I could read that! Congrats. And to you also, texture. Nice word count, too. Just in the right range.
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=358226#Comment_3582262013-09-12T10:27:37-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
You forgot to type 'FUCK YEAH' on the cover texture!
@Janos Nice one! let us know when you get it into English. I've forwarded the link to some Finnish friends of mine.
@Eberhorn whereabouts in ...
@Janos Nice one! let us know when you get it into English. I've forwarded the link to some Finnish friends of mine.@Eberhorn whereabouts in Germany are you? We spend a fair bit of time in Munich. Loads of stuff going on there.@John Skylar. Having lived in several tourist towns I sympathise. In York the buses disgorge on the narrowest stretch of pavement and people look confused when you try and get through.

I've just completed, and been paid for, my first writing commission. I've been working with a photographer on a celebration of over 50s cricket in Yorkshire, my home county. Coming at it as someone who knows more about pinball than cricket balls was interesting. I was able to look for the oddness in the game, and particularly the rules. There's a sample here, along with one of Lucy's photos.

The first exhibition of the work is on Sunday, and there should be a book to follow.

I've also got a piece of work in the napkin stories project, so in October my story Around The Door will be in cafes in Brisbane, Toronto and Leeds.

And finally one of the editors I know, Katie Metcalfe, asked me to contribute a piece on my notebook (which is a huge leather-bound, greenman engraved, offensive weapon of a thing) to her new venture Big Eyes, so I did.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=358230#Comment_3582302013-09-12T10:47:13-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00texturehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1472
Thanks guys :) For reference, my 'cut' file has 120k in it, LOL
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=358372#Comment_3583722013-09-17T11:21:57-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Ben Gwalchmaihttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3030
CONGRATS TO ...
You talented bastards make me want to grab a penguin, dip it in nitrogen, and use it to beat the servers this forum is hosted on to a bloody death Linux-apt death.After that, I'd send you the remains as a trophy.You earned it.

[Seriously, congrats. I'm kinda jealous]]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=358382#Comment_3583822013-09-17T17:49:04-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00costa_khttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6592
There's gonna be a reenactment/live reading of one of my short stories on tomorrow's episode of the NEW WORLDS podcast. It's one of the shorts from one of my books, RUNNING THE TRAIN.
Stoked.
the NEW WORLDS podcast. It's one of the shorts from one of my books, RUNNING THE TRAIN.

Stoked.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=358384#Comment_3583842013-09-17T18:14:53-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00oldhathttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75
And here I am bitching about the 18,000 words I need to finish my damn book.
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=358455#Comment_3584552013-09-20T14:03:30-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00John Skylarhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8976
So this is cool--and I'm sorry to brag but I just have to tell someone--I sold a blog post to Mashable for actual money.
I sold a blog post to Mashable for actual money.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=358467#Comment_3584672013-09-21T10:37:31-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Ben Gwalchmaihttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3030
@ John - nice! Nicely done, sir. Love the angle on it too [reinforced by that pretty slick photo.]
My news is thus: you can now pre-order Purefinder from Amazon!
Here's the UK page and here's ...
My news is thus: you can now pre-order Purefinder from Amazon!

Here's the UK page and here's the Americas page.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=358489#Comment_3584892013-09-22T14:39:14-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Vornaskottihttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6665
Right - the ebook version of my novel just went up for preorder. Made a book trailer to go with it. Most of you won't get the language, but you might appreciate the aesthetics:
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Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=358542#Comment_3585422013-09-24T12:36:10-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00oldhathttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75
So...I'm really loving pulpy-as-fuck noir. It's kind of my happy place. I've been reading the Sandman Slim series along with some Charlie Huston and am now currently knee deep in Richard Stark's ...
So with that, I decided to vent a bit and wrote my first flash fiction written in that style titled "According to Plan".

It's trashy and terrible as fuck and I really enjoyed writing it.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=358565#Comment_3585652013-09-25T13:32:47-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00allanahttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4019
This isn't writing writing, but I got a proposal accepted to a virtual conference. 4000 words print and a 20-minute live web presentation. Pretty pumped, it's both resume fodder and a chance to ...
Also an academic book review of mine will go live sometime next month. Still polishing it up - by which I mean it's supposed to be 450 words and currently I'm at 1200. What can I say? It's a really shitty book.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=358594#Comment_3585942013-09-26T12:54:19-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Ben Gwalchmaihttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3030
@Oldhat - that's not terrible! Trust me, I've read some muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuch clunkier noir. That's fun, dammit. If you like noir, you might like XZ1 which I was commissioned to write the last chapter ...
XZ1 which I was commissioned to write the last chapter in.

@allana - all writing's writing, you ask me. Congrats! Good luck too on shortening that scathing 1200 words, sounds like a big scythe is needed [both for your words and for their heads ;)].]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=358686#Comment_3586862013-09-29T10:21:07-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00oldhathttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75
@ben, awesome, thank you! And I'll be sure to check that book out!
Wrote some more because I was in a bad mood. It helped get me out of it.
Wrote some more because I was in a bad mood. It helped get me out of it.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=358790#Comment_3587902013-10-02T08:44:43-05:002013-10-02T08:47:06-05:00Littlepurplegothhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10699
I've got a couple of pieces up at http://echoesanddust.com Pretty happy with them (although I do wish that my editor had taken a blue pencil to my latest piece as reading it back, you can tell it ...
http://echoesanddust.com Pretty happy with them (although I do wish that my editor had taken a blue pencil to my latest piece as reading it back, you can tell it was written on a lot of coffee and only a couple of hours sleep and a brain full of electronics and code and not purely the music (red face)(oops).

This is the time of concerted portfolio building, because I am really in need of sorting myself some new markets so I can, cough, benefit from the new face thing again... (sooooo skint, but still haven't found my pitch mojo and no one will give me feedback on why not!)]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=358794#Comment_3587942013-10-02T10:29:23-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
I spent the summer working on my first writing commission, which was a project based around over 50s cricket. What I tried to do was look at the rules and the characters to write pieces that drew on ...
Runs On The Board]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=358831#Comment_3588312013-10-03T11:34:32-05:002013-10-03T11:36:21-05:00MartinSheenhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=9063
Hey Whitechapellers.. Its a strange and unique mix of creative freaks that have found their way to this little corner of the interwebs.
I was wondering if any writers out here would let me place ...
I was wondering if any writers out here would let me place their written creative prose on my soon to be completed website. I cant pay, im not doing it for money, but can offer (what I hope to be) plenty of exposure. Ill credit all work properly, ill be completely transparent, and adhere to whatever other stipulations, no matter how odd or paranoid, you may have to feel warm and cosy. Its about the art.. What is there to lose... Its about the art. Message me on whitechapel.. And excuse any typos im attempting to crash this plane by using my phone online... Its okay though these drones sitting around me ready to go:)]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=359056#Comment_3590562013-10-09T01:56:05-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00texturehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1472
Can you tell us a bit more about the site Marty? Loved you in Wall Street, by the way.
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=359225#Comment_3592252013-10-15T09:39:58-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Ben Gwalchmaihttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3030
Imprint I hadn't seen before, offering interesting bundles of sweet reading. Blasted Books.
Blasted Books.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=361019#Comment_3610192013-12-15T09:20:46-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00allanahttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4019
Dear writers,
I'm resurrecting this thread to ask about people's experiences with Scrivener. I'll scour the rest of WC, too, but maybe you guys have advice, tips, tricks I should know about?
I ...
I'm resurrecting this thread to ask about people's experiences with Scrivener. I'll scour the rest of WC, too, but maybe you guys have advice, tips, tricks I should know about?I officially started Super Huge Writing Project yesterday and am feeling pretty good about the interface, but I'd hate for there to be something I'm missing. It's a multi-part academic thing (either a series of articles or a book, we'll see what happens at the 40,000-word mark) so there's lots of research and citations and stuff.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=361050#Comment_3610502013-12-16T05:16:10-06:002013-12-16T05:23:57-06:00Ben Gwalchmaihttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3030
I've only heard good things about Scrivener - I say go for it.
I don't use it myself but that's only because every time I've considered buying it, I've been too poor to.
{EditedToAdd: ...
I don't use it myself but that's only because every time I've considered buying it, I've been too poor to.

{EditedToAdd: Purefinder came out on Friday!}]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=361061#Comment_3610612013-12-16T11:19:15-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
I have a book out!
I spent this summer working on a comission with photographer Lucy Carolan. Our work, along with that of the other artistic team, is published in a really nice format book. ...
I spent this summer working on a comission with photographer Lucy Carolan. Our work, along with that of the other artistic team, is published in a really nice format book.

http://www.runsontheboard.co.uk/the-book/]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=361063#Comment_3610632013-12-16T12:52:40-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Fauxhammerhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=27
I have done precisely dick for months. Stress and all that. I'm focusing all my energies into the novel and the second ebook anthology. I will beat 2014 until it is better than this year.
@allana: ...
dick for months. Stress and all that. I'm focusing all my energies into the novel and the second ebook anthology. I will beat 2014 until it is better than this year.

@allana: Scrivener is the goods. Very powerful, good for outlining. Well worth forty bones.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=361134#Comment_3611342013-12-18T14:43:54-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00RenThinghttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155
Just got a letter in the mail the other day that a publishing house who put out an anthology I'm in is taking the book out of print. They complained about poor booksales but I never actually saw them ...
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=361152#Comment_3611522013-12-19T09:28:28-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Ben Gwalchmaihttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3030
@Steve, congrats man!
Will tweet about it
Will tweet about it]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=361157#Comment_3611572013-12-19T10:20:54-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
Cheers Ben! Congrats on yours too.
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=361240#Comment_3612402013-12-22T08:20:28-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00John Skylarhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8976
Congrats all!
@allana: I use Scrivener for almost everything. I love it.
@allana: I use Scrivener for almost everything. I love it.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=361243#Comment_3612432013-12-22T09:58:20-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00costa_khttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6592
Work has been eating up a lot of my time these past few months, though I did manage to scrape together CARRION AT THE DOOR, another e-book of short horror and crime stories, as well as finish up the ...
CARRION AT THE DOOR, another e-book of short horror and crime stories, as well as finish up the online novella I was doing chapter-by-chapter, monthly, and queue it up. THE FOLLOWER is running until spring of 2014, I believe, now.

My current to-do's are the other online novella BLACK INK, and a mixed comic/illo/prose anthology book called WHERE YOU BELONG.

After that the plan is maybe a full-length manuscript to shop around, and if I can afford/bother, another comic project.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=361256#Comment_3612562013-12-23T06:19:56-06:002013-12-28T12:27:33-06:00Littlepurplegothhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10699
I submitted a vaguely tech article to a dev. site... and they haven't rejected it (yet) so as publication run starts in a few days (its a one a day frmo several people between christmas and new year) ...
Only downside is the nerves, that it was extremely hard work (even though not anything like as technical as the sort of thing that they usually publish!), and it made me wish for going to do a masters/phd all over again (which isn't going to happen as its hard enough to sell the odd piece and the likelihood of my raising £30K for postgrad study is... well, never going to happen )

I'm hoping that it will act as a 'way in' to a new tech group and different sorts of writing though...

ETA: article here... http://12devsofxmas.co.uk/2013/12/day-1-computing-education/]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=361427#Comment_3614272013-12-31T04:00:27-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Littlepurplegothhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10699
Anyone who is on the TheListserve should see a small piece by me in the next day or so...
And I finished the Million words. Oh heck. I wrote all the words. argh!
And I finished the Million words. Oh heck. I wrote all the words. argh!]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=361455#Comment_3614552014-01-01T02:39:53-06:002014-01-01T02:40:17-06:00an unhealthy shinehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7355
I have decided to start a new writing blog in an attempt to encourage myself to write at least a few hundred words each day...
http://reticulatedmetalarms.wordpress.com/
http://reticulatedmetalarms.wordpress.com/]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=361464#Comment_3614642014-01-01T12:49:02-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
My review of Michael Sabbaton's The Statement Of Randolph Carter is now up at Innsmouth Free Press
http://www.innsmouthfreepress.com/blog/?p=22509
http://www.innsmouthfreepress.com/blog/?p=22509]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=365579#Comment_3655792014-05-28T15:43:24-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
Somy big news this year was that my story Call Out had been selected for Best Horror Of The Year 6 by Ellen Datlow. It's a strange feeling to be in the same table of contents with your heroes. Today ...

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Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=365589#Comment_3655892014-05-29T00:04:58-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00RenThinghttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155
You see me?
This is me.
Jealous.
Well done, sir, well done indeed.
This is me.

Jealous.

Well done, sir, well done indeed.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=365607#Comment_3656072014-05-29T12:17:16-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
Cheers @RenThing. It hasn't quite sunk in yet.
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=365691#Comment_3656912014-06-01T06:20:39-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Ben Gwalchmaihttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3030
Been off the forum a while [actually, the net other than Twitter] to get shit done so haven't had chance to say congrats to Steve.
@ Steve - "congrats to Steve", Steve!
@ Steve - "congrats to Steve", Steve!]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=365704#Comment_3657042014-06-01T14:23:52-05:002014-06-01T23:00:54-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
Cheers Ben. This is the latest review. It makes me ver' happy.
""Call Out," by Steve Toase, another favorite. A country vet in Yorkshire is called out late at night to tend to a ...

""Call Out," by Steve Toase, another favorite. A country vet in Yorkshire is called out late at night to tend to a farmer's cow and newborn calf. According to the farmer, the cow had been "cooked" from the inside out after giving birth to her calf, and the "birth waters" had "scorched the floor stone-white clean." Let's just put it this way -- the vet probably should have stayed home. It's another that is wrecked in the telling, so I'll just mention after I read this story I had to put some time and space between myself and this book, especially since I read this story around 2 a.m. all alone in the house."

www.oddlyweirdfiction.com/2014/05/back-to-anthology-reading-with-best.html]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=365705#Comment_3657052014-06-01T16:02:58-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00HEY APATHY!http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=9019
@Steve- Congratulations! That is an amazing accomplishment
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=365758#Comment_3657582014-06-03T06:38:49-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Fauxhammerhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=27
i'm gonna puke
Feeling Around In The Dark, short stories what I done
Feeling Around In The Dark, short stories what I done]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=365759#Comment_3657592014-06-03T08:00:24-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Vornaskottihttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6665
Congrats Steve and Fauxhammer!
My first comic script, The Big Wind-Up in the Torsobear: Yarns from Toyburg anthology, is fast getting funded and turned into beautiful illustrations. My nipples ...
My first comic script, The Big Wind-Up in the Torsobear: Yarns from Toyburg anthology, is fast getting funded and turned into beautiful illustrations. My nipples explode with delight! Here's some bloggery about the experience.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=365761#Comment_3657612014-06-03T08:19:35-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
Congrats to both of you! @Vornaskotti, you should get over to Thought Bubble, Leeds in November to pimp it, and meet up.
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=365763#Comment_3657632014-06-03T09:00:24-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Fauxhammerhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=27
Woot, @Vornakotti!
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=365790#Comment_3657902014-06-04T09:26:32-05:002014-06-04T09:26:47-05:00Fauxhammerhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=27
Now in Ebook form! $2.99 Cheap!
Now in Ebook form! $2.99 Cheap!]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=365804#Comment_3658042014-06-05T00:42:45-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00texturehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1472
Steve and Fauxhammer - fuck. yeah. awesome work!
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=366034#Comment_3660342014-06-15T04:55:29-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00texturehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1472
MY GOD, IT'S FULL OF WORDS

MY GOD, IT'S FULL OF WORDS]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=366036#Comment_3660362014-06-15T07:49:57-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
Bloody excellent mate! Congratulations.
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=366037#Comment_3660372014-06-15T08:00:14-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Fauxhammerhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=27
@texture please to be giving link of buy-performing
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=366039#Comment_3660392014-06-15T10:13:46-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00texturehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1472
Thanks guys. Current situation is this badboy will hit a POD run in 6 months if I fail to sell it by other means. This is merely a prototype. Is pretty though! The art is by the very talented Mr Iain ...
Iain Laurie of And Then Emily Was Gone fame, which we should all be reading.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=366183#Comment_3661832014-06-22T11:55:07-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Cat Vincenthttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=447
Did I mention that I was commissioned to write the Slenderman cover feature in next month's Fortean Times? Which is nice.
Fortean Times? Which is nice.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=366184#Comment_3661842014-06-22T12:54:21-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
That's great news Cat. Look forward to reading it!
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=366207#Comment_3662072014-06-24T06:22:51-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00atavistianhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6519
Congrats, Cat, texture, Vorn and Steve!
Trying to catch back up with WC and arriving in time to see some great accomplishments.
Trying to catch back up with WC and arriving in time to see some great accomplishments.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=366212#Comment_3662122014-06-24T08:43:14-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Mild Maynyrdhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1167
Same here, Atav. Congrats to all! I have been meaning to get back into writing, if anything simply for the process of brain > fingers > keys > paper (I have a typewriter). I'm not sure what ...
fingers > keys > paper (I have a typewriter). I'm not sure what would come out of me now, as I have changed some since I last wrote a good amount of content. Althogh, I never really knew what it was I did to begin with.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=366380#Comment_3663802014-07-03T18:06:48-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00texturehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1472
I miss your stories Dan. Make more.
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=366411#Comment_3664112014-07-07T03:27:05-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00moalihttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1430
FutureQuake issue25, in which I have a 1pg comic story, is available to buy: http://www.futurequake.co.uk/shop.php
and details of all stories in the issue: ...
http://www.futurequake.co.uk/shop.phpand details of all stories in the issue: http://futurequakepress.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/futurequake-25.html]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=366466#Comment_3664662014-07-11T04:21:55-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00steevohttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2415
Haven't been on here in a while, but it looks like you folks are killing it. Congrats all around.
I'm still working on a book of my own short stories. And a novel. And another novel. And a comic ...
I'm still working on a book of my own short stories. And a novel. And another novel. And a comic script. And a book of poetry. I'm in the 10-45% range on all of them. Why must I try to do everything I think of?]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=366569#Comment_3665692014-07-17T23:21:14-05:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00allanahttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4019
Today I'm thinking of giving up on a piece I already submitted. The editor wrote back with some suggested changes, which are not only pretty contrary to the stated guidelines I was following, but ...
I can't tell if this is bad editing (and if I should offer some gentle suggestions on how to be a better editor) or if they're trying to say something more like "hey, we don't really want to work with you, but, welp."

I've written for them before, on another section of the site, and had a not-great experience (they thought my review was "harsh." I thought I justified my negative reactions intelligently. They didn't invite me back after it was published).

I'm halfway through a snarky response into a text file, thinking of whether any of the questions I have are 1) worth asking / 2) salvageable in a constructive form.

I worked as an editor. I was a good editor. My writers liked me. Is editing really that hard? Do you all have a bad time with editors?]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=366608#Comment_3666082014-07-21T10:16:13-05:002014-07-21T10:17:31-05:00Cat Vincenthttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=447
Here it is: the new Fortean Times issue with my Slenderman article as cover feature. Out to subscribers now, on the shelves later this week.
Feel like I levelled up, right there.
Fortean Times issue with my Slenderman article as cover feature. Out to subscribers now, on the shelves later this week.

Feel like I levelled up, right there.]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=367569#Comment_3675692014-09-08T11:33:17-05:002014-09-08T11:33:33-05:00Cat Vincenthttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=447
Dragging the thread out again, just because I have something new...
Latest edition of the Fortean journal Darklore (vol. 8) has my "Believing In Fiction: The Rise Of Hyperreal Religion" ...
Latest edition of the Fortean journal Darklore (vol. 8) has my "Believing In Fiction: The Rise Of Hyperreal Religion" - and you can read it free here.(Though if you can afford the book, get it 'cos it's got some great stuff in there.)(And I need the royalties.)]]>
Writers, Sound Off.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10438&Focus=368652#Comment_3686522014-11-20T14:03:33-06:002015-08-02T17:36:55-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
A while ago I mentioned a series of stories I'd been working on about how people on bedsits are haunted by the past opulence of the houses the bedsits are located in. Well, this summer I got invited ...
Really excited to be the lead artist on this project. I'll give you more details as the project develops.]]>